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Goulburn Valley piggeries accused of animal cruelty by Farm Transparency Project
Wednesday 29 Jan 2025 by
An animal activist group has released footage from five Victorian piggeries which allegedly show dying piglets and injured sows, as industry representatives fight back against the activists. Read more >
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Piggery invasions by activist group
Wednesday 29 Jan 2025 by
Animal activists have raided five piggeries in northern Victoria and claim they have exposed examples of animal cruelty. Read more >
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Local piggeries targeted by animal activists | Shepparton News
Tuesday 28 Jan 2025 by
Farm Transparency Project, an animal rights organisation, released footage from inside five commercial pig farms on Tuesday, January 28. Read more >
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Illegal investigation by animal rights activists uncovers pigs in sow stalls across Victoria
Wednesday 21 Sep 2022 by
Animal activists have accused several Victorian piggeries of using sow stalls for extended periods, despite the pork industry pledging to voluntarily phase out the practice by 2017. Read more >
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Pigs still held in narrow pens industry promised to ban, Victorian Animal Justice party claims | Animal welfare | The Guardian
Wednesday 21 Sep 2022 by
Pigs in Victoria are still being held in narrow pens that are not wide enough for the animals to turn around, despite an industry promise to stop using them five years ago, according to the Animal Justice party. Read more >
Media releases by FTP (3)
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Footage from five Victorian piggeries released by activists, 15 more to follow
Tuesday 28 Jan 2025
Footage from five Victorian piggeries has been released by animal rights organisation Farm Transparency Project, who say that a further 15 will be exposed in the coming weeks. Video taken inside the piggery shows dead and dying piglets, dirty conditions, pigs living in their own waste and sows with large pressure sores, cuts and scratches, evidence of fighting between pigs. The footage was gathered by anonymous, civilian investigators over two nights earlier this month. The investigators then provided the footage, and evidence of the date and location of its capture to Farm Transparency Project to review and publish. Footage from the... Read more >
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Shocking conditions uncovered as activists target 20 Victorian piggeries over weekend
Tuesday 21 Jan 2025
Animal rights campaigners have laid dozens of dead piglets at the offices of Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, in a protest against the government's refusal to address "urgent" animal welfare issues. Advocacy group Farm Transparency Project (FTP) organised the protest after receiving footage showing shocking, filthy and cruel conditions at twenty Victorian piggeries, filmed covertly by dozens of activists over the weekend. Further footage and the names of all twenty facilities will be released by FTP in the coming weeks. Animal rights campaigners have gathered outside the ministerial office of Victorian Premier, Jacinta Allan, in a protest against the government's continued... Read more >
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Undercover investigation reveals Victorian pig farms still caging mother pigs, 5 years after industry phase out came into effect
Wednesday 21 Sep 2022
Media release by Andy Meddick MP (Animal Justice Party Victoria) - An undercover investigation by Farm Transparency Project has revealed at least six Victorian piggeries are confining mother pigs to small cages, despite an industry phase-out deadline of 2017. Read more >
